Great Falls tribune., 1887-08-27

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Nevada won the pioneer stakes yesterday
Dan has been training this colt during the
season and two or three days ago pur-
chased her from C. Bielenburg of Deer
Lodge. Blevins says Nevada is the best
bred colt in Montana and he would not
take $1,000 for her. Blevins s. McLaugh-
lin vii; make big circuit this season and
will probably go east with their magnifi-
cant stable. They simply cleaned up ev-
erything here.
AN IMMENSE ATTENDANCE.
The attendance at the third day Of the
fair and races was greater than on either
of the two preceding days. The grand
stand was packed as was also the space in
front of it and the pool rooms There were,
at the least calculation, 5000 people pres
ent. 1t was a good betting day. Some
big winnings were made on comparatively
small investments, while some of the
heavy BEERS got left for large amounts.
This was notably the case in the Pioneer
stakes race, where the betting was active
and heavy at big odds. The tWo-year-
old trotting race for the Helena stakes,
two in three, was called promptly at
o'clock. There were three colts and one
fil1y in the race. P. Jefries' 1lton, w.
T. McComas' Minute man, Robert
Vaughn's Viola Belle and Breck Fischer's
T II c. 1lton at first sold in the auction
pools as favorite over the field by five to
one. but the odds were cut down to two
to one before the first heat. In the mutuals
Iitbn was selling about even against the
field.
FIRST HEAT.
Ilton went to the front from the start
and did some handsome footing in the
lower turn. the others being off their feet
a half dozen lengths back. On the
back stretch Ilton lost her feet and the
others shortened the lead, Viola Belle be-
ing second a. the half by three or four
lengths, p r C third and Minute-man
fourth. The balance of the heat was de-
void of particular Interest, except that lIton
again went up in the home stretch, losing
a good deal of ground by il tnd permit
ing the others to pass the distance flag,
which had menaced them. Time, sol.
SECOND HEAT
1t was so obvious that Ilton was too
speedy for the competitors that there
were no buyers against him. AS in the
first heat Iiton tool. the lead at the start
aud heiG it throughout by wide gap. He
came in without having made break in
2:53, ,iistancing the other three. This
gave him the race. The value of the stake
was about $500.
ruE pJoNEEp SrAEES
The Pioneer stakes race was next on the
programme and was marked by very heavy
betting. There were five starters: Dan
Bleyins' Nevada, H. r. Bakers Red Buck,
W. H. Babbs' Hilda, Stephenson's Susie
S and Oregon from the Oregon stables.
George Booker knocked off sales as fast as
he could talk, and they ran all the way
from $500 to $500. About $4,000 went
into the two pool-boxes, which is half as
much as the totol for Tuesday, which was
a heavy betting day. Hilda was the fa-
vorite about 1920 in pool of $500, Ne
vada next at about 1926, Oregon at about
S75 and the others in the thirties. The
start was made at the quarter post, the
race being three-quarter mile dash.
Fully half an hour was consumed in jock
eying the horses and they were finally sent
off with Oregon slightly in the lead, Red
Buck next, Hilda in the middle. Susie S
fourth and Nevada last. Red Buck soon
took the lead, HIlda passed Oregon and
took second place, while Nevada came
ahead of Susie S. At the end of the
hack stretch Hilda was on even terms
with Red Buck, and they ran side by
side around ssthe upper turn, with the
others close OF their heels in the order
named. When they struck the home
stretch whips began to play, and half way
down Nevada came in the lead, but Ore
gon made fine push for the front, passing
Red Buck ana collaring. Hi1da, who was
at this point within 100 feet of the wire,
Nevada in the lead by a neck. The,
outcome was in this order except that Ne
vada increased her lead to half length,
Oregon took second place by neck, Hilda
third, Red Buck fourth and Susie S last,
all well in.
On the second day the half-mile heats,
two in three, brought out Ida Glenn,
Lila Ferguson and Bogus. Ida Glenn
won the first and third heats, and Lila
Ferguson the second. Time-501s, 1915,
494. For the Montana Derby, the start
ers we're W. H. Babb's Diavola and
Duffy Winters, Mark Twain from the
Oregon stables and J. Fl. Hamilton's Rosa
Lewis Diavolo's well-knoWn running
proclivities made it necessary to bar him
in the pools. as no one would buy against
him. Duffy Winters then sold favorite
two to one over Lewis, and she two to one
over Twain. Diavolo won the race in
2:40I, with Rosa Lewis second.
The hacker of Glenn in the half.mile
heats race is understood to have won
about $4,000. He is Butte man. Ida
D is but foar years old, and Sam Scott
expects she will make record low in the
teens before she quits. The Derby run
ners, mile and half, came within 61s
seconds of the record, which is not bad
for three -year-olds. Cottonwood Chief,
who did not rank well at first in the pools
for the trot, surprised everybody by his
performance. He is a good one. The
happiest twenty three men at the track
were those who each bought
50 mutual on Cottonwood Chief on the
third heat Of the trot. Each ticket. drew
s65.20
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